In 2010, Square Enix released NieR, an action RPG led by auteur game designer Yoko Taro. It focused on a man trying to find a cure for his daughter's sickness in a vicious world of pain and turmoil. At least, this was the version that released in the west. Nobody could have expected that seven years after its release, this game would receive a sequel that has gone on to be regarded as one of the most groundbreaking action RPGs ever made, NieR: Automata.